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(a) No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of six or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than nine inches above the level surface of a roadway, upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with divisions (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.
(1) Before making any such crossing, the person operating or moving any such vehicle or equipment shall first stop the same, and while stopped, the person shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.
(2) No such crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal, crossing gates or a flagperson, or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or car.
(b) If the normal sustained speed of the vehicle, equipment or structure is not more than three miles per hour, the person owning, operating or moving the same shall also give notice of the intended crossing to a station agent or superintendent of the railroad, and a reasonable time shall be given to the railroad to provide proper protection for the crossing. Where the vehicles or equipment are being used in constructing or repairing a section of highway lying on both sides of a railroad grade crossing, and in this construction or repair it is necessary to repeatedly move the vehicles or equipment over the crossing, one daily notice specifying when the work will start and stating the hours during which it will be prosecuted is sufficient.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(d) If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under § 408.02(b).
(R.C. § 4511.64)
(a) No driver shall enter an intersection or marked crosswalk, or drive onto any railroad grade crossing, unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk or grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle the driver is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(c) If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under § 408.02(b).
(R.C. § 4511.712)
(a) No person shall:
(1) Operate any motor vehicle, except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, in such a manner that the vehicle or its motor emits a loud, cracking, chattering or other unreasonably loud noise or that the tires of such vehicle squeal or leave tire marks on the roadway, or throw gravel and debris, commonly called "peeling;"
(2) Operate any motor vehicle so as to race or accelerate the motor, while the vehicle is not in gear or in motion, in such a manner as to produce unnecessary or unreasonably loud noise; or
(3) Operate any motor vehicle so as to race or excessively accelerate the motor, while such vehicle is in motion, in such a manner as to produce unnecessary or unreasonably loud noise.
(b) Creation of noise by the squealing of tires or by a cracking or chattering from an exhaust system or the creation of tire marks on a roadway accompanying such squealing of tires shall be considered prima-facie evidence of an intent on the part of the operator to violate this section.
(Ord. 114-72. Passed 6-5-72.)
No operator of a motor vehicle shall enter upon private property for the sole purpose of driving across that property, between abutting streets or other public ways thereof. The failure to stop on the property in connection with or in furtherance of the enterprise or activities being conducted on the property shall constitute prima facie evidence of the violation.
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